If you purchase a $100k house you are only using $25k of your own money. 30 years later it's likely worth at a minimum $100k but remember you only spent $25k of YOUR money to buy it.

I remember reading somewhere about purchasing a property Quit Claim Deed it to a LLC. 

(first contact, booking tour, deposit, etc)What data do you capture & what data would you like to capture in an ideal world?

Just remember: most negative reviews are written by problematic tenants.

The ideal situation will do it as homeowner builder instead of getting a contractor. 

Ideally, the Post Office keeps leasing it as a Post Office. 

Regardless of where you look to find a syndicator to invest with please remember this.

remember advice from those that are all the way across the country may not be germane to your area.. and every county in WA is different I don't know what county your dealing with .but there is a big difference between the urban counties and the rural counties like Clark here in Vancouver is very tough.. go out the Gorge a bit and Klickitat is a breeze.. same with Wikkiakum down river from the couv.. you get the picture.

Great Boston is still ideal from the distance point of view, but the inventory is almost nil, crazy-priced and mostly antic.Deliver at least 5% ROI yearly after all expenses (taxes, management, insurance etc.)

One day I was brainstorming, and I remembered that my parents have a rental in Farmington NM, that is just sitting vacant, that they use as a storage; trust me I know, its crazy to let an investment that could be producing cash flow, just sit and do nothing.